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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 139423, member: 837"] yeah, I wasn't trying to knock your post as much as make the point that it wasn't exactly as if Nunes and Anderson forced their way onto the field as young players due to their impressive skill set or QB pedigree. I'm not so much down on the other candidates as much as going from what I know: [B]1. Nassib isn't [I]that[/I] bad and there's a chance he could improve.[/B] People can make a million arguments (QB rating is my favorite since I think it's a horrendous stat that actually ranks a year in which Nunes threw like 12 TDs and 16 INTs as his best year), but at the end of the day you don't spend a year throwing to Provo/Lemon/Chew/West/Graham (a decent but not particularly dynamic crew) in a bland offense behind a leaky offensive line and complete 62.4% of your passes for 22 TDs and 9 INTs w/o being a decent QB. Yes there are inconsistencies. Yes he's frustrating. No he's not a difference-maker, but he takes care of the ball and seems to be able to go through progressions. [B]2. Reports are that he was head and shoulders above competition.[/B] I don't go to practice so I don't know, but this is what I have read and heard across the board. This could change if Hunt has a big spring/offseason or the staff decides to take its lumps with a young QB who might not be quite ready in all aspects. But that's all that's been reported. [B]3. Marrone is conservative.[/B] People live in abject fear of this and I'm not entirely thrilled with it (though I don't think "conservative" necessarily equals "bad"), but it seems to be true. I'm not saying he doesn't throw the ball or anything but he is not going to just come out next year in some wildly revamped offense where they play at this ridiculous up-tempo pace, attack with 5 and 7 step drops all game and go for it on every 4th-and-2. I just don't know that I see him ever heading into a season saying, "I've got this 5th year senior who's a two-year starter and who took us to a bowl, but I'm going with this redshirt frosh b/c he's fast." I just think those factors add up to mean Nassib is 99.9% likely to be the starter and I tend to think it's a pretty good decision. I also think there's a chance he and the offense could improve, though I agree it's pretty unlikely we see a truly dynamic offense. [/QUOTE]

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